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Monday, December 1, 2008

Dark Chocolate Cake

Making a Tinkerbell Cake is an easy thing to do when you have a cake pan that is shaped like a flower. . .and the cake topper that is easily purchased this time of year in the card stores for Christmas tree decorations. It might be a good time to think ahead to the Birthday Parties you will be making cakes for .. .throughout the year. I simply used the Star Tip to make stars. . .and voila .. .a Tinkerbell cake. The inside is the important part. If I wanted a professional looking cake I would have purchased one but I wanted it to be moist. ..dark. . .and delicious.

My favourite Chocolate Cake is from the cookbook Eat, Shrink & Be Merry by Janet & Greta Podleski. I've done a bit of tweaking in today's recipe. You can find the original in their cookbook that I've used lots over the years.

3 ounces good quality chocolate (I use Callebaut Chocolate that I bought in the bulk section. It worked out to be a heaping 1/3 cup chopped chocolate)

1 cup of strong brewed hot coffee

3 cups white sugar

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup unsweetened cocoa

2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

3 farm fresh eggs until thicken and lemon colored.

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1 1/2 cup well-shaken buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla

cocoa/coffee mixture

Preheat the oven to 300

Combine the chocolate and the coffee, stir well and allow to cool while you continue.

10 comments:

I will be trying this recipe for those chocolate lovers in my family!What a gorgeous cake! You did an amazing job with decorating the cake Lovella!The little girl's eyes must have sparkled at the sight of it..

What a Grammie's love can create! It's beautful! I was wondering when you posted the cupcakes , if the cake would be coming later and we all appreciate the detailed explanations. Star tips and a little hockey player or whatever the year . . . that's how I did my kids cakes too. I only never thought of looking at the Christmas tree decor. Great Idea!

so my daughter loves tinkerbell and this cake is perfect. It's cute, elegant and simple!! i can create this. I was wondering where you got your cake pan from? As well as i see that thecake is pretty high is the cake pan that high? Do you lend out your cake pans.

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I love that cake topper I was wondering where you have found that, I would love to use that for my daughters birthday.. Please e- mail me and let me know where I can find one like that... My e-mail is anthica47@hotmail.com thank you